Police Brutality & Killings

4WardEver UK

Ex-officer pleads guilty in 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis’ shooting death

Jeremy Mardis
Jeremy Mardis

source: FOX News
published: 29 September 2017

A former Louisiana law enforcement officer pleaded guilty on Friday to negligent homicide in the shooting death of a 6-year-old autistic boy after a car chase with the boy’s father. He is scheduled to be sentenced next week to 7 ½ years in prison.

Norris Greenhouse Jr. also pleaded guilty to malfeasance in office in a deal that allows him to avoid trial next week. He was charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the shooting that killed Jeremy Mardis and critically wounded his father, Christopher Few.

Continue reading

4WardEver UK

Baltimore officers will face no federal charges in death of Freddie Gray

Freddie Gray
Freddie Gray

source: New York Times
published: 12 September 2017

Six Baltimore police officers will face no federal charges in the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man who died of a severe spinal cord injury while in custody, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday.

“After an extensive review of this tragic event, conducted by career prosecutors and investigators, the Justice Department concluded that the evidence is insufficient,” the department said in a statement, adding that it was unable to prove the officers “willfully violated Gray’s civil rights.”

Continue reading

4WardEver UK

Trump’s comments endorsing police brutality are “treasonous”

Donald Trump Toon

source: Democracy Now!
published: 31 July 2017

President Donald Trump is facing widespread criticism from police chiefs across the country following a speech he gave on Friday to police officers in Long Island, New York, that appeared to openly endorse police brutality.

Commenting on the need to crack down on gang members, Trump suggested that police officers have license to use excessive force on suspects. The remarks come amid a controversial roundup of undocumented minors in Suffolk County, where Trump spoke, who were detained based on unconfirmed allegations of gang affiliation by local police.

Trump painted what some say was an overblown picture of gang violence in the community.

Continue reading